I mean, if you want it for the sheer novelty, then maybe. Otherwise I would recommend going somewhere for actually good ramen and not overpriced, dubious quality from a karaoke place.

Omg I LIVE on iced barley tea in the summers. Just make the cold-brew kind that you stick in the fridge and let sit for a couple hours...

Right?!

Right? I mean, I guess in this one single instance it’s something where being lefty is actually more convenient! (And boy howdy are there not many of those)

Never thought about it before, but I do the same thing. When I’m just eating normally, I’m holding my fork in my dominant (left) hand so of course I cut with the knife in my right hand.

I completely agree with you there, and if a server did that I wouldn’t find it odd at all. But it’s the whole..... using said personal information to go home later and look up the person online and find out about them... part that crosses the line.

Exactly! The friending in and of itself is fine. If he mentioned his name in conversation and then later you looked him up and were able to find him based on that and sent a friend request —- I would argue still fine.

Haha, well it’s the morning shows, like the Japanese equivalent of Good Morning America or something.

Dude come on, that’s weak sauce.

Haha, I remember years ago at a family gathering, I was upstairs babysitting my cousin who was about 3 or 4 at the time. I got out all my old disney videos to pick one to watch, and no matter how much I tried to change his mind (No no, this one’s not good, let’s pick another one....) he insisted on Bambi. (He’d never…

I kind of love it. The restaurant’s attitude is VERY Japanese. There’s no way in hell they would stay open later or squeeze him in by adding more seats than intended because that would affect the overall dining experience — and ensuring each customer’s experience is exactly what the chef intended is more important…

Huh, the tomato paste is interesting, wouldn’t have thought there would be any of that

Also it’s so blatantly one-sided it’s not even funny. What if you’ve got a strict kosher Jewish person working at a cashier at a grocery store. Customer comes up with a couple of pork chops and the cashier says, “Sorry, I can’t ring you out. I believe eating pork is wrong. You’ll have to go to another register.”

Zumbo’s was just delightful! Also I am in love with all of Rachel Khoo’s outfits on that show.

Alternate take— cereal milk as a concept is disgusting and all y’all sitting there sipping your milk-with-just-enough-hint-of-flavor-to-be-completely-offputting need to have your tastebuds fixed.

I always figured it was like “sim-more-een.” No idea if that’s actually “right” tho

Not sure if this is a largely accepted variation or not, but I was always told that after you’ve got the dumpling in your soup spoon, you’re supposed to pull (or bite) off the top ring and slurp out the soup inside, then eat the dumpling itself.

To be the snarky one... isn’t that kind of how an opinion works? He thinks it’s not good because, well, he doesn’t like it.

Is this like.... a regional chain? I’ve never heard of it in Tokyo.

Jesus, that’s so evil. Also the amount — $900 — is probably very strategically planned. It’s a large, but not outrageous, sum of money. Just high enough that it adds up for the scammers but low enough that desperate business owners might decide to just pay it to make the problem go away.